Half or Five Tenths？

Teacher： Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths？ Gerald： I＇d much rather have the half, Teacher： Think carefully, and tell me why, Gerald： Because you lose too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths     

半个还是十分之五

老师:你愿意要半个柑橘,还是十分之五个柑橘?杰拉得:我宁可要半个。老师:仔细想想,说出理由来。杰拉得:因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五,那柑橘汁就损失太多了。Teacher:Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths?Gerald:I’d much rather have the half.Teacher:Think carefully,and tell me why.Gerald:Because you lose too much juice when you     

Why don''''t you buy a watch

John lived with his mother in a rather big house, and when she died, the house became too big for him, so he bought a smaller one in the next street .There was a very nice old clock in his first house, and when the men came to carry his furniture to the new house , John     

职场危机

Will the economic climate improve this year?I don' t think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so. For us, evidence of a turn-around is when our customers start increasing orders from what they had previously forecast, rather than the reverse(倒退),whichhas been happening for the past couple of years.     

新目标九年级Unit 6单元知识中考链接

1 .The musie 15 too Ioud，would you mind—? (2 007四月}内江) A .turn it down B.turning it down C .turning down it 2 .Some of my elassmates_cartoons_ (2007江苏连云港) A .Prefer…to B.woufd rather…than C .like…better D.like…leSS 3.Do you like musie_makes     

浅谈fairly与rather

在一般的教科书中,对fairly和rather总是冠以“赞同”或“不赞同”来加以区别的,这也比较容易记忆。本文所译的材料中,作者是将fairly和rather分别与enough和too联系起来,进行对照、比较。通过细细区别其间的微妙差异,使人阅后有种恍然领悟之感。译者觉得,这不失为一种学习外国语的好方法,学会联想,对照,比较,举一反三,以后就不会被动地为记忆而记忆,为苦于不能详记某些同义词间的微妙差异而烦恼了。     

半个还是十分之五

老师:你愿意要半个柑橘,还是十分之五个柑橘?杰拉得:我宁可要半个。老师:仔细想想,说出理由来。杰拉得:因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五,那柑橘汁就损失太多了。 Teacher Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths﹖G erald:I’d m uch rather have the half.T eacher:Think carefully,and tell m e w hy.G erald:Because you lose too m uch juice w hen you cut the orange into five tenths.半个还是十分之五…     

“外贸英语”(1)模拟试题

一、MULTIPLE CHOICE(20题,每题1分,共20分)1.I'm expecting__an answer to my letter.a.to b. for c.of d. —2.Mary didn't pass her exam.We agree it was__.a.rather difficult b.too easyc.same rather d.very different3.We are trying to__the meeting__this afternoon.a.reschedule,for b.reschedule,toc.reschedule,in d.rescheduling,for4.Which of the letters__in our advertisement?a.we should use b.should use wec.should we use d.we use5.The components are being sent to Sydney by air andthey'll__from the airport by our agent.     

单项填空高考前强化训练100题

1.——The fishing boats in this area 0f sea have doubled in number in the last three vears. ——That’s too bad.How 1 wish it it is! A.more than:other than B.×;kw than C.rather than;less than D.1arger than;f_ewer than2.The workers,——they are,we never know, are devoting their lives to the Three Gorges Dam. A.who B.whoever C.which D.what3.Some working people aI.e usually too busy to cook af【er a day’s work.They ——tOeatOut. A.want B.hope C.wish D.prefer4.——Son吖.I haven’t finis…     

第9、10课时 副词(位置、排列、比较等级)以及very,quite,rather,too much,much too等副词用法

考测点导航 1.well一般作副词用,如:do well,但表身体好时为形容词如:look well —How are you today?—Quite well. 2.hard、fast、straight副词和形容词相同。如:walk fast,a fast train 3.much,a little,a bit,rather,even+比较级 4.程度副词so,too,quite,as,very,fairly后常接形容词或副词的原级。     

错题解答

Q:有一道选择题:The problem is____difficult.Youneedn't spend____time on it. A.too much;much too B.much too;too much C.too much;too much D.much too;much too 我选A,结果错了,答案为B.请问:much too与too much有什么不同? A:1)much too,意为"实在太、非常地",用作副词词组,中心词是too,修饰原级形容词或其他副词.如: It's much too cold today.今天天气太冷. The old man walked much too slow.这位老人走得太慢. 2)too much意为"太多、过量",中心词是much,用作名词词组.如: You have given me too much.你给我的太多了. 用作形容词词组,修饰不可数名词.如: She has too much work to do today.今天她有太多的工作要做. 用作副词词组,修饰动词.如: He plays too much.他玩得太多. 注意:两者都可以用作副词词组,但too much不可以修饰形容词,much too不可以修饰动词.     

Form or Content?——A dilemma in teaching EFL writing

In the 1970s, the EFL profession generally began abandoning grammar-based methodologies in favor of approacheswhich focused on communication as the goal of language learning. Affected by this trend, the process approach to writing (asopposed to writing as a product) was introduced. Yet EFL. teachers themselves are faced with some obstacles when applying thetheory. This article analyzes some factors that hinder students from focusing on content when writing, and suggests in conclusionthat teachers should not be too impatient; rather, they should take students' level into consideration and allow students to have atransitional stage to get themselves prepared.     

浅谈much too与too much的区别

NMET2003试卷上有这么一道单项选择题: Allen had to call a taxi becausethe box was__to carry all the wayhome. A.much too heavy B.too much heavy C.heavy too much D.too heavy much 这道题主要考查了much too与toomuch的用法及区别。much too和too     

would rather与rather than用法区别

一、would rather的用法(1)would rather意为"宁愿、宁可",后接动词原形,常省略为"’d rather",表示优先选择的一种方式。其否定形式是"would rather not do sth."。would rather没有人称和数的变化,所有的人称均用would rather。在美语中多用had rather。(1)He’d rather work in the countryside.她宁愿在农村工作。     

我们这个时代的尴尬

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get to angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.     

小议“too much”和“much too”

请看题:NMET2003第23 Allen had to call a taxi be-cause the box WaS____to car-rv all the way home. A.much too heavy B.too much heavy C.heavy too much D.too heavy much 本题考查的是too much和     

老外是这样学中文的

一个老外学中文时记的笔记，看完后我崩溃了。他记的是： Dear Tim shall by too dull doll by too jack won dolphin long can Jim shall by too low shall by too when dull low, doll car lowdolphin long doll Ham Eason ＂more power!＂     

对“也”家三兄弟的“看”法不同

一、too,also,either 1．also和too都作副词,可以通用,都用于肯定句中,一般不用于否定句。但also比too用法正式,一般紧靠动词（多在动词之前,或be动词、助动词及情态动词之后）;too语气较轻,常用于口语,一般放在句末,用逗号与句子其它部分隔开;在非正式英语中,too前的逗号可以省略。too也可以作插入语,放在句子中间。例如：     

too much与much too

初学英语者因分不清too much和much too的区别,而常犯错误. too much这个短语中,中心词是much,too修饰much,且起加强语气的作用,其具体用法如下:     

too much与much too

初学英语者因分不清too much和much too的区别,而常犯错误。too much这个短语中,中心词是much,too修饰much,且起加强语气的作用,其具体用法如下: 1.much作形容词,too much可用于不可数名词前,意为“太多”。例如: